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Historical Event on 8/14/1968
Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1898 | Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born. |
| 2/18/1997 | Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati. |
| 8/1/1992 | S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993. |
| 2/15/1976 | The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters. |
| 9/6/1774 | British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune. |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 8/10/1991 | Delhi airport police foils an attempt by a Saudi national to smuggle out a minor girl named Ameena. |
| 12/10/1932 | The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad |
| 8/10/1992 | P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
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